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Concrete Equipment & Products
Telescoping Forms Make the Job Easier
There are numerous benefits for contractors who use Green Key Concrete Forms including ease of transportation, lightweight and fast set up and cleanup time.
October 5, 2015
Comprised of lightweight materials, Green Key Telescoping forms feature a built-in keyway that eliminates the need for saws, fabrication and the need to attach a keyway.
Cold Planers
Brokk Planer Attachments
Brokk
Four planer models enable Brokk remote-controlled demolition machines to effectively and safely grind concrete surfaces
September 14, 2015
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Concrete
Why You Should Care About Resilience
Heidelberg Materials
Concrete is the most widely used man-made construction material in the world. It is versatile, economical, durable, recyclable, environmentally responsible and most importantly, it is resilient.
September 9, 2015
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Concrete
Putzmeister Placing Systems Key to Tight Concrete Pour Next to Historic NY Cathedral
Putzmeister RS 850 tower placing system climbs 460 feet to reach top of apartment towers and place 17,000 cu. yd. of concrete
September 4, 2015
The housing project actually touches the historic church at one point and is located just 40 ft. away from it at other portions of the project, making its design and construction especially challenging.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Does Cold Curing Water Cause Concrete Surfaces to Crack?
Concrete Industry Management
Do contractors ever heat curing water? Does the surface temperature of flatwork often exceed 75 degrees Fahrenheit to 85 degrees Fahrenheit? Yes. But if the curing water wasn’t heated, would the concrete crack?
August 20, 2015
One form was was filled to the top. An immersion thermometer was inserted in the slab and the concrete temperature was recorded for two hours and 40 minutes until right after curing water was applied.
Business Services
CFA Helps Members Manage Total Cost of Risk (TCOR)
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Managing risk and insurance is always in the top three expenses for a contractor and is much more than just purchasing an insurance policy. The deceiving part about purchasing insurance is that the only visible number is the premium.
August 20, 2015
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Compact Track Loaders
Compact Track Loader Proves a Sweet Addition for Sugar Hill Outdoors
A Takeuchi TL8 compact track loader proves the right tool for this Georgia-based design/build outdoor construction company.
August 19, 2015
Weighing just over 8,000 lbs. with a tipping load of 6,000 lbs., the TL8 provides the power and maneuverability Sugar Hill Outdoors needs for its residential and commercial landscaping projects.
Decorative Concrete
Hardscape Design Creates a Canvas for Historic Post Office
For the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, located in Beverly Hills, California, architects were challenged to restore the historic 1933 Beverly Hills Post Office and a new 500 seat theater.
August 13, 2015
The project called for 940 lineal feet of cast-in-place concrete walls ranging in height from four feet to 14 feet; 34,000 square feet of EcoCast finish pedestrian and vehicular paving and 1,100 lineal feet of cast-in-place steps.
Concrete Equipment & Products
The Evolution of a Poured Wall Contractor
Rich Kubica, owner of K-Wall Poured Walls, LLC has spent his entire life in the concrete foundation and wall business. Like most futurists who have the foresight to take on radical ideas, he decided it was time to add precast walls to his offerings.
August 13, 2015
The basic profile of a MonoKast wall includes a 10-inch wide header beam at the top and a 10-inch wide footing beam at the bottom; both of which are 3-1/2 inches thick with solid concrete and reinforced steel. The concrete shell is two inches thick, fiber reinforced, and is 5,000 psi code compliant.
Concrete Equipment & Products
A New Bridge for the St. Croix River
Engineers and contractors collaborate to build a high-tech bridge.
August 13, 2015
The new St. Croix River crossing between Minnesota and Wisconsin near Stillwater is an “extra-dosed precast segmental” structural concrete bridge. Shown here are the first three 180 ton segments on either side of the pier, held in place by post-tensioned tendons. The blue device is called a “segment lifter” and it also supports a working platform on the edge of the segment that iron-workers use to do the cable tensioning.
Concrete
Out of Plumb May Not Mean Damaged and Unsafe
Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)
The Concrete Foundations Association explains the process of reviewing tolerances and considering the integrity of a properly built foundation wall and discusses cracks in an out of plumb wall following a backfill operation.
August 13, 2015
Pictured here is a foundation fully backfilled without a top connection in place. Short walls, corners, offsets and a yard wall provide stability for the backfill before the top connection is in place.
Concrete Hand Tools
Slabs-On-Ground: Slab Thickness and Base Tolerances
KB Engineering LLC
Slab thickness is the greatest single factor controlling the load-carry capacity of a slab-on-ground.
August 13, 2015
Bases for slabs-on-ground must be smooth, hard and compacted.
Cranes
Four Cranes Work in Unison on Crucial Lifts for WI Highway Project
A fleet of Manitowoc 2250 crawled cranes helped assemble several new overpass bridges as well as expand traffic lanes and reconstruction several interchanges and roundabouts
August 3, 2015
A quartet of Manitowoc 2250 crawler cranes took center stage in the assembly of several new overpass bridges as part of a $61 million highway project in Wisconsin. The work also included the expansion of highway US 41 traffic lanes, the reconstruction of several of its interchanges and the addition of 40 roundabouts.
Business Services
Construction Industry Workforce Development Programs in the South Region
Construction related programs and workforce development initiatives across the southern region of the United States
July 30, 2015
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Concrete Equipment & Products
Concrete Services Beats The Heat and High Winds After Partnering With Somero Enterprises, Inc.
Architectural and structural installations are all in a days work for Concrete Services. However, beating the high California winds and heat on a new 80-acre Business Park located in Livermore, California are proving to be calm and cool.
July 29, 2015
With a project of this magnitude, placing large light industrial flooring with specific FF and FL requirements, Concrete Services decided to partner with Somero Enterprises, Inc. and purchased a new S-22E Laser Screed model.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Wacker Neuson Trowels Score Big on Sacramento Arena Project
July 9, 2015
Ricky Ruiz, place and finishing superintendent, Urata & Sons Concrete, Inc., Ranch Cordova, Calif. uses a Wacker Neuson CRT 48-35V ride-on trowel on the new Sacramento, Calif. arena. The light weight machine was a perfect fit for the multi-level arena.
Concrete Materials
VIDEO: Step By Step - Silvi Concrete's 7,200-yd. BAPS Pour
How Silvi managed to empty a mixer truck every 60 seconds for 12 hours to pour a 3-ft.-thick, 49,000-sq.-ft. monolithic concrete foundation
July 6, 2015
[VIDEO] Step By Step: Silvi Concrete's 7,200-yd. BAPS Pour
Construction Technology
Software Streamlines 7,200-cu.-yd., 12-hour Concrete Pour
Suite of ready-mix producer's software helps Silvi Concrete pump a truck full of concrete every 66 seconds for 12 hours into a monolithic, 49,000-sq.-ft. foundation
July 2, 2015
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